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This is just a silly question I guess, but it is interesting to know. This would more pertain to rescue rescued dogs.
Kuma when we first got him, we forgot to let him out and he left us a nice steamer. However it was hiding in the bathroom and I did what I was told. To say nothing, pick up the mess and throw it.
Well, ever since, if Kuma 'forgets' to do his business such as this morning. (He was let out and he did do his business and we went back inside.) Hubby said when he got up, Kuma left us another pile of steamer. But this time it was by the door. And just like instructed, he didn't say a thing, picked it up and threw it away.
So, here is my question.
Let's say Kuma's old owner(s) would get pissed off with Kuma when he did an accedent in the house and they rubbed his nose in it or dragged him to his mess and showed him and then slappped his behind. Then the next time, he does it, he hids it because he knows he might get punished for no reason.
Then, they send him to the pound where he is taken to another home. He makes one accedent that was the owner's fault and had decided in the bathroom was the only place he could 'hide' it. (We had closed all the doors except the bathroom because we didn't really know if he was fully house trained)
He see's when we get home that we didn't make a fuss, we didn't grab him and take him to the mess he made, cleaned it up and said nothing else. Does he realize that we are not like his old owners and decides that he is okay to do it by accedent near the door instead of trying to hide it or do they not think like that?
I'm pretty sure that things that happened bad to a dog, that something will happen and i do believe they will remember what that bad thing was. (As evident of how bad Kuma's anxiety about zooming cars skyrocketed.) That part got worse I think when we got back and the hotels we stayed near all had zooming vehicles all night and all day. We had to take him to the off leash dog park three times a day for him to do anything since he felt most comfortable there.
What do you guys think?
Kuma when we first got him, we forgot to let him out and he left us a nice steamer. However it was hiding in the bathroom and I did what I was told. To say nothing, pick up the mess and throw it.
Well, ever since, if Kuma 'forgets' to do his business such as this morning. (He was let out and he did do his business and we went back inside.) Hubby said when he got up, Kuma left us another pile of steamer. But this time it was by the door. And just like instructed, he didn't say a thing, picked it up and threw it away.
So, here is my question.
Let's say Kuma's old owner(s) would get pissed off with Kuma when he did an accedent in the house and they rubbed his nose in it or dragged him to his mess and showed him and then slappped his behind. Then the next time, he does it, he hids it because he knows he might get punished for no reason.
Then, they send him to the pound where he is taken to another home. He makes one accedent that was the owner's fault and had decided in the bathroom was the only place he could 'hide' it. (We had closed all the doors except the bathroom because we didn't really know if he was fully house trained)
He see's when we get home that we didn't make a fuss, we didn't grab him and take him to the mess he made, cleaned it up and said nothing else. Does he realize that we are not like his old owners and decides that he is okay to do it by accedent near the door instead of trying to hide it or do they not think like that?
I'm pretty sure that things that happened bad to a dog, that something will happen and i do believe they will remember what that bad thing was. (As evident of how bad Kuma's anxiety about zooming cars skyrocketed.) That part got worse I think when we got back and the hotels we stayed near all had zooming vehicles all night and all day. We had to take him to the off leash dog park three times a day for him to do anything since he felt most comfortable there.
What do you guys think?